Jake Varner

Jake Varner
Jake Varner in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jacob Stephen Varner
Nationality American
Born (1986-03-24) March 24, 1986
Bakersfield, California
Residence State College, Pennsylvania
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
College team Iowa State Cyclones
Club Nittany Lion WC
Coached by Cael Sanderson
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Olympic Games
2012 London 96 kg
World Championships
2011 Istanbul 96 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg
Updated on August 13, 2012.

Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is a male wrestler from United States. He won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Varner is four-time NCAA Division One finalist, two-time NCAA Division One champion (junior and senior) and two-time California State wrestling champion for Bakersfield High School, where his uncle Andy is the head coach, and his father, Steve, is an assistant.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jake Varner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Jacob Stephen Varner Profile London Olympics 2012". August 13, 2012. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "American Jacob Varner takes 96kg freestyle wrestling gold". BBC. August 13, 2012.


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